Natural speech preference

  • Issard & Cristia (in prep.)
  • N papers = 18, N experiments = 54, N participants = 754
  • Do infants prefer natural speech over other types of sound?
  • Curator is Cecile Issard

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Vouloumanos, A., & Werker, J. F. (2007). Listening to language at birth: evidence for a bias for speech in neonates. Developmental Science 10(2), 159–171. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00549.x

Vouloumanos, A., Hauser, M. D., Werker, J.F., Martin, A. (2010). The tuning of Human Neonates' Preference for Speech. Child Development, 81(2) 517-527.

Spence, M. J., DeCasper, A. J. (1987). Prenatal experience with low-frequency maternal-voice sounds influence neonatal perception of maternal voice samples. Infant behavior and development, 10, 133-142.

Cooper, R. P. & Aslin, N. R. (1990). Developmental Differences in Infant Attention to the Spectral Properties of Infant-directed Speech. Child Development. 65(6), 1663-1677. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00841.x

Vouloumanos, A., & Werker, J. F. (2004). Tuned to the signal: the priviledged status of speech for young infants. Developmental Science 7(3), 270–276. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00345.x

Shultz, A., & Vouloumanos, A. (2010). Three-Month-Olds Prefer Speech to Other Naturally Occurring Signals. Language Learning and Development, 6(4), 241-257.

Santolin C, Russo S, Calignano G, Saffran JR, Valenza E. The role of prosody in infants’ preference for speech: A comparison between speech and birdsong.Infancy. 2019;00:1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12295

Colombo, J., Bundy, R. S. (1981). A method for the measurement of infant auditory selectivity. Infant Behavior and Development, 4, 219-223.

Vouloumanos, A., Druhen, M. J., Hauser, M. D., & Huizink, A. T. (2009). Five-month-old infants' identification of the sources of vocalizations. PNAS 106(44), 18867–18872.

Vanden Bosch der Nederlanden, C. M., Vouloumanos, A. (under review). Infant biases for detecting speech in complex scenes.

Ference, J. D. (2018) The Role of Attentional Biases for Conspecific Vocalizations. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Calgary.

Segal, O. & Kishon-Rabin, L. (2011). Listening Preference for Child-Directed Speech Versus Nonspeech Stimuli in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Infants After Cochlear Implantation. Ear and Hearing, 32(3), 358-372. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3182008afc.

Sorcinelli, A., Ference, J., CUrtin, S., & Vouloumanos, A. (2019). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 178 (2019) 295–316

Yamashiro, A., Curtin, S., & Vouloumanos, A. (2019). Does an Early Speech Preference Predict Linguistic and Social-Pragmatic Attention in Infants Displaying and Not Displaying Later ASD Symptoms? Journal of autism and developmental disorders.

Sorcinelli, A., Ference, J., Curtin, S., & Vouloumanos, A. (2019). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 178 (2019) 295–316

Curtin, S. & Vouloumanos, A. J Autism Dev Disord (2013) 43: 2114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1759-1

Vouloumanos, A., Curtin, S. (2014). Foundational Tuning: How Infants' Attention to Speech Predicts Language Development. Cognitive Science 38(4),1675-1686.

Santolin, C., Zettersten, M., & Saffran, J. (unpublished). Infants' preference for non-native speech versus birdsong.

Do infants prefer natural speech over other species vocalizations, natural or artificial sounds?

Search strategy: database search

Systematic: yes